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Central Trust Services for Academies
CENTRAL TRUST SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS/ACADEMIES
Strategic Leadership
• Trust executive leadership support • Chief Operations Officer business management support • Bespoke leadership and coaching • Board of Directors and Advisory Group support and challenge • Shadowing and secondment opportunities
Strategic Academy Improvement
• Executive leadership school improvement • Senior leadership school improvement and support • Specialist leaders in education in key subject areas • An evidence-based teaching for learning framework • Behaviour and attendance support • Safeguarding and SEND review and support • Financially sustainable curriculum model • Teaching school support and external brokerage
Human Resources
• HR advice and guidance • HR policies and procedures • HR portal • TES recruitment package • Support for new recruitment and selection • Staff health and well-being • CPD offer and early careers teachers (ITT, NQT, RQT) • DBS checks • HR contractual changes, restructures and administration • Union liaison • Staff reward and recognition • Staff voice
Finance
• System installation, training and support • Financial management, budgeting, management accounts, order processing, payments, etc. • Management of leases and other financial contracts including tenders • Payroll processing • Insurance • Risk management • Financial regularity, propriety and compliance
Health & Safety
• High level Health & Safety advice and guidance to support statutory obligations • Health & Safety statutory policies and procedures • Estates Management (non-PFI schools) • Lead on significant building projects/CiF Bids
Safeguarding
• Safeguarding compliance
Governance
• High level clerking service • Internal audit and assurance programme • External audit • Governor induction • Continuous training and development
IT
• Network maintenance support, VPN, firewall, Wi-Fi, AV, internal computer network • Network monitoring, breach detection monitoring • VMWARE physical, virtual updates • Backup and replication • O365 Microsoft Tenancy control • Network change control • Hardware support, software troubleshoot,
OS, Server support • Alert notifications • Helpdesk support system, Helpdesk knowledge base
Marketing and Communication
• Design, production and management of all marketing literature • Support with all bid writing/funding/ grants/award applications • Overhaul of website and Trust branding
Collaborative Working Groups
• Teaching for learning • Pastoral • Excellence Academy • Careers, progression, destinations • Safeguarding • University partnerships • ECT • Subjects • SEND
Teacher Exchange/CPD
• Teacher placements in different Trust schools/colleges • Teacher secondments • CPD offer and early career teachers (ITT,
NQT, RQT)
GDPR
• Leadership and support
TRUST PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES
POST-16 PRE-16
• New College Pontefract and New College
Doncaster are ranked 3rd and 4th for achievement rates when compared with all sixth form colleges nationally in the most recent performance tables
• Over 50% of A-level grades awarded in 2019 (pre-Covid) were B, A and A*, with
New College Pontefract achieving over 60%
• Both colleges were the top-ranking A-level provider in their local authority in the most recent performance tables
• New College Pontefract has consistently achieved an ALPs 2 or 3 for 6 years, placing the college in the top 10-15% of providers nationally for value added
• Both colleges have consistently achieved BTEC results in the top 10% nationally
Over a three-year trend, Wingfield Academy has:
• Attainment 8 and Progress 8 outcomes significantly above national averages
• Placed in the top three secondary schools out of 16 in Rotherham
• Placed top 6% of schools nationally for progress
• Attainment and progress in all non-EBacc subjects above national averages
• Attendance rates above national averages
POST 16
WINNER
SILVER AWARD
THE TRUST’S ROLE
THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMY TRUST DURING THE PANDEMIC AND ANY FUTURE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES
School leaders in schools that were part of a MAT found themselves in a stronger position, telling Ofsted the support they received from their Trust was invaluable
According to a report from Forum Strategy, leaders in these schools valued the following in particular:
• A strong Trust-wide approach to managing risk assessment and planning
• Trusts supported their schools by helping to manage social distancing, set up bubbles and updating safeguarding, attendance and behaviour policies
• Frequent communication from Trust leaders helped keep schools up-to-date with the latest developments
• Several Trusts brought key members of staff together, e.g. safeguarding leads to refine their safeguarding approach
• Trusts played a major role in helping schools develop their remote learning offer, deploying staff with digital expertise across schools
• Trusts used their collective expertise to tackle emerging curriculum challenges, harness subject networks to share expertise, good practice and reduce workload
NCLT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Diane Heritage
Chair of the Board of Directors
Anthony Dee Carol Dewhurst OBE Phil Dixon
Bev Foster Deborah Green Russell Heritage Debbie Mactaggart
Neil Kaiper-Holmes Peter Thompson Jennie Thorpe
Clerk
CENTRAL SERVICES AVAILABLE
Alania Logan
Finance Manager 01977 802 825 alaina.logan@nclt.ac.uk
Alan Semley
Estates Manager 01977 802 656 alan.semley@nclt.ac.uk
Jeff Finnigan
Careers and Progressions / GDPR 01977 802 790 jeff.finniagn@nclt.ac.uk
Joanne Holden
Safeguarding and SEND Lead Assitant Principal New College Pontefract 01977 802 719 joanne.holden@nclt.ac.uk
Jodie Richardson
IT Manager 01977 802 777 jodie.richardson@nclt.ac.uk
Gareth Dodson
Marketing Manager 01977 802 671 gareth.dodson@nclt.ac.uk
Helen Lonsdale
Excellence Academy Co-ordinator for Gifted and Able students 01977 802 720 helen.lonsdale@nclt.ac.uk
Jamie Baker
Health & Safety Manager 01977 802 828 jamie.baker@nclt.ac.uk
CENTRAL SERVICES AVAILABLE
Stuart Nash
Teaching for Learning Principal New College Bradford 01274 089 150 stuart.nash@nclt.ac.uk
Karen Petrie
MIS Manager 01977 802 647 karen.petrie@nclt.ac.uk
Stacey Barrass
Reprographics Manager 01977 802 678 stacey.barrass@nclt.ac.uk
Sarah O’Neil
SEND Manager 01977 802 699 sarah.oneill@nclt.ac.uk
Jayne Harris
Exams Manager 01977 802 821 jayne.harris@nclt.ac.uk
David Brighton
Communications and Bid Writer 01977 802 815 david.brighton@nclt.ac.uk
Brian Coughlan
Oxbridge Co-ordinator Tel: 01977 802 785 brian.coughlan@nclt.ac.uk
Teresa Brookes
Student Services Manager 01977 802 642 teresa.brookes@nclt.ac.uk
Student Achievement
Sustaining the importance of achieving outstanding outcomes so students develop high quality skills and progress to higher level qualifications and into employment that meets local and national needs. We want every young person to achieve and exceed expectations whilst acquiring deep and powerful knowledge. The ability to self-regulate and develop the lifelong habit of learning.
Student Personal Development
Establishing a moral balance between pursuing outstanding outcomes and developing both personally and socially. We will consistently and extensively promote the personal development of students, ensuring they have access to a wide, rich set of experiences that teach them why it is important to contribute positively to society.
Contribution to Social Mobility
Providing a community in which students flourish regardless of their background or starting point. Students consistently achieve beyond expectations, particularly the most disadvantaged. We work in areas of disadvantage and are active in deploying the latest learning sciences and evidenced-based pedagogy, along with a deep commitment to developing strong teachers to remove any gaps.
Staff and Student Wellbeing
Creating a physical and psychological environment where every individual is welcomed and valued. We want every member of our community to work in a climate of happiness, safety and respect, where ambition and aspiration sit alongside support, candour and care.
If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together.
NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST Park Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4QR
